Jim Kennedy helps Tracy Nelson pick out a table in the home furnishings section of Lewis Gifts. The store has recently undergone a remodel.

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Michael Doughty
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Lewis Gifts has been a fixture in Shreveport for decades, and in 2008 moved from its former location on Youree Drive, to a larger establishment across the street from the original.

Now, four years later, the owners say that gambit proved to be a profitable risk.

"We were able to expand the restaurant, which is called "Biscotti's", my brother is the chef," said co-owner Catherine Lewis Hobbs. "So that tripled in size, and we brought our bridal department and expanded it." ...